Early Goldenrod This is the time of year that Golden Rods are blooming. There are at least eight varieties that can be seen in Huron County, with Early [...]
On a recent hike, I had a near miss. The day was calm and Rick was a few meters behind me, and he saw a branch, (about 4 ft long, [...]
I had a few more surprises on the trail. On Thursday June 25th I was joined by Anne and Rick on a hike from Londesboro road towards River Line on [...]
Beetberry Hemlock Varnish Shelf note the slugs eating it Although I have been hiking the trails in Huron County for 20 years, I can still be [...]
I think of June as the proper start of the butterfly season, when unless it is a cold wet day, I expect to see a few butterflies. Two Hobomok [...]
There are now many reports recording an increase in Ontario people being bitten by ticks. Until this year I have never had more than one tick bite in the year, [...]
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Spring seems to be in no hurry this year, with cooler than normal temperatures, but there are now many more signs with many trees, except a few [...]
Neogyromitra brunnea Unequal Cellophane Bee With a few high temperatures and rain many more wild flowers have come out, including Large white and Red trilliums, Largeflowered [...]
Coltsfoot Spring this year has continued to come in fits and starts. As I expected in last Trail Talk I managed to see some hepatica (on April 2nd [...]
Trail Notice – Temporary Closure A section of the Maitland Trail is closed from Londesboro Road to Little Lakes Road due to bank slumping and instability. Please plan your hike [...]
We have had very changeable weather with large temperature swings, one day it is sunny, then snow, then wet, then windy coming it seems in random order,. On March 15th [...]
There was a very successful Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) hike at the Hullett Sugar Bush on Saturday February 28th . The conditions were excellent with hard packed trails. [...]
The 30th Maitland Trail Association Candlelight walk on February 6th had a relatively good turnout of 200 people. It operated during a blizzard with winds projected to reach 80 Km/hr [...]
By Patrick Capper Spring arrived quite quickly. On March 6th, I crossed the culvert causeway at Clinton Conservation Area and watched the water swirl clockwise through each culvert, with no [...]
Often the conditions on the trails can change as quickly as the weather changes. What was a hard packed trail that was easy to walk on, can quickly turn [...]
On Thursday February 5th eleven of us hiked on the Naftel’s Creek Conservation Area trails. The trails were well packed and the walking was easy. I noticed that there [...]
The Maitland Trail Association maintenance crew along with some other volunteers, did a great job removing packed snow from many boardwalks in the Maitland Woods, to make it safer [...]
The Maitland Trail Association has agreements with the landowners where the trail is located. These vary from detailed written agreements to verbal agreements. If we don’t respect these agreements [...]
I never know what to expect along a trail, whether there will still be a well packed trail or some deep drifts totally obscuring the packed trail. We had [...]
I have found big differences in the local trails, both changes along a trail and the difference between trails in the Northern part of Huron county, which generally have [...]
One thing about winter is you never know what sort of weather you will get from one week to the next. We had a fairly long cold spell and [...]
16 of us started the New Year with a great hike in the Falls Reserve lead by Wendy Hoernig and Faye Ribey. About six of us had snow shoes and [...]
The weather continues to be very changeable. I was getting used to the cold and snow and having to put snowshoes on all the time, but by Tuesday December 16th [...]
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We are excited to announce the addition of two new [...]
I joined the Tuesday Trompers on September 3rd at Sheppardton [...]
The Maitland Trail Association (MTA) is actively managing invasive plant [...]
On May 25th, at the break of dawn, Boris Rajic [...]
Members of the Maitland Trail Association Enviro Committee gathered this [...]
The Maitland Trail Association celebrated a milestone with its 30th [...]
In collaboration with Compass Minerals, the Maitland Trail Association’s Invasive Buckthorn [...]
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